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Yarra Ranges Shire

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Established
  
1994

Website
  
Shire of Yarra Ranges

Area
  
2,447 km²

Mayor
  
Noel Cliff

Council seat
  
Lilydale

Federal Division(s)
  
Casey La Trobe

Shire of Yarra Ranges
  
Baw Baw

Population
  
150,661 (2015 est)

State electorate(s)
  
Eildon; Evelyn; Monbulk


Region
  
Outer Eastern Melbourne

Points of interest
  
Puffing Billy Railway, Healesville Sanctuary, SkyHigh Mount Dandenong, Dandenong Ranges, Dandenong Ranges National

Destinations
  
Melbourne, Dandenong Ranges National, Yarra Ranges National, Toolangi - Victoria, Powelltown

The Shire of Yarra Ranges is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the outer eastern and northeastern suburbs of Melbourne extending into the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges. It has an area of 2,469.9 square kilometres (953.6 sq mi), and at the 2011 census, it had a population of 144,541.

Contents

Map of Yarra Ranges, VIC, Australia

It was formed in 1994 by the merger of parts of the Shire of Sherbrooke, Shire of Lillydale, Shire of Healesville and Shire of Upper Yarra.

Council

Yarra Ranges is divided into nine wards, each of which elects one councillor for a period of four years.

Wards

  • Billanook Ward
  • Chandler Ward, named after a pioneering family
  • Chirnside Ward, named after George Chirnside, a Mooroolbark settler and owner of the Werribee Park Mansion.
  • Lyster Ward, named after William Lyster, an impresario who had a dairy farm in the area.
  • Melba Ward, named after Dame Nellie Melba.
  • O'Shannassy Ward, named after O'Shannassy River and reservoir, ultimately from John O'Shanassy (sic), premier of Victoria .
  • Ryrie Ward, named after William Ryrie who planted the first vineyards in the area.
  • Streeton Ward, named after Sir Arthur Streeton, a painter who lived at Olinda.
  • Walling Ward, named after Edna Walling, landscape designer.

    • Suburbs and towns

    Suburbs and towns within the boundaries of the Shire include:

    Major thoroughfares

  • Burwood Highway (State Route 26)
  • Canterbury Road/Swansea Road (State Route 32)
  • Maroondah Highway (State Route 34 / B300)
  • Belgrave-Hallam Road/Monbulk Road/Hereford Road/Anderson Street (C404)
  • Belgrave Road (State Route 26)
  • Olinda-Monbulk Road/Emerald Monbulk Road
  • Warburton Highway (B380)
  • Healesville- Koo Wee Rup Road (C411)
  • Mount Dandenong (Tourist) Road (State Route 22)

    • References

    Yarra Ranges Shire Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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